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WhatsApp forwards restricted to block misinformation on Covid-19

New Delhi, April 7 -- Stringent measures at times like a pandemic put some sense of responsibility in many of us. Globally exploited and the most preferred social networking chat App WhatsApp probably thought those stringent rules need to be set for those innumerable WhatsApp forwards, some genuine some fake, to keep a check on the COVID-19 spread.

With billions of people unable to see their friends and family in person due to COVID-19, people are relying on WhatsApp more than ever to communicate. People are talking to doctors, teachers, and isolated loved ones via WhatsApp during this crisis. And, that is why WhatsApp says messages and calls on its App are end-to-end encrypted by default to give the user a secure place for most personal...